Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:50158 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757641Ab1EWVic (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2011 17:38:32 -0400 Message-ID: <4DDAD3D5.1070001@candelatech.com> (sfid-20110523_233840_037644_4A8B6D7F) Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:38:29 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Mohammed Shafi , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: ath9k 9380: All 5Ghz channels flagged as passive-scanning References: <4DD6E9B5.3020905@candelatech.com> <4DDA913B.1060002@candelatech.com> <4DDAA9ED.1050606@candelatech.com> <4DDAACF3.3050705@candelatech.com> <4DDABEE9.9090608@candelatech.com> <4DDAC8DC.5060803@candelatech.com> <4DDACF56.9070403@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 05/23/2011 02:28 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Ben Greear wrote: >> Since it *is* possible to start an AP on a channel with existing AP, >> I assume that the NIC must be able to handle this properly..or is >> that ability to start on a scanned channel just a bug? (Please >> don't fix it, if it is :P) > > It a feature, AP functionality is allowed on that channel on a world > roaming card given that no CTL is present so the lower regulatory > value, from CRDA, is used instead of the CTL value. So as long as you have a functional CRDA and do not mis-represent your country with 'iw reg set', is there any way to actually get the system out of spec if you use "eeprom" reg-domain of 0x0? Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com